Senior Application Security Engineer
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AbnormalCybersecurity
Remote - USAFull-TimeSenior
Salary144500 - 170000 USD per year
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Job Details
- Required Skills
- PythonGitJavaJavascriptTypeScriptGoLinuxMicroservices
Requirements
- Proven delivery in application security engineering roles, ideally in cloud-native environments with modern development practices.
- Hands-on experience with security testing tools (SAST, DAST, SCA, IAST).
- Working knowledge of security automation in CI/CD pipelines.
- Strong programming skills in Python, Go, Java, or JavaScript/TypeScript.
- Proficiency with Git, Linux, and modern development frameworks.
- Expertise in web application security including OWASP Top 10, authentication/authorization, cryptography, and secure API design.
- Experience with threat modeling frameworks (STRIDE, PASTA, LINDDUN) and security architecture review processes.
- Comfortable investigating application logs, tracing security events, and contributing to incident analysis workflows.
- Proven ability to influence and collaborate cross-functionally with engineering, DevOps, and product teams.
- Strong written communication and documentation skills.
- Background with securing modern application architectures including microservices, containers, and cloud-native applications.
Responsibilities
- Lead threat modeling and security architecture reviews with engineering teams by translating security risks into development actions.
- Architect, build, and maintain security tooling and integrations that enable secure development workflows (e.g., SAST, DAST, SCA, IAST tools).
- Collaborate with Engineering, DevOps, and Platform teams to build scalable security controls via Infrastructure-as-Code and secure CI/CD pipelines.
- Design and deploy automated security testing frameworks to identify vulnerabilities early in the development process.
- Serve as a hands-on technical contributor during security incidents by analyzing application-level behavior and enhancing response processes.
- Mentor and support junior engineers on secure coding practices, security architecture, and security tooling integrations.
- Evaluate and uplift application security tooling across commercial and open-source capabilities by focusing on scale, efficiency, and precision.
- Define and track key security posture metrics, building dashboards or reports to visualize security coverage and vulnerability trends.
- Partner with engineering teams to implement and maintain security controls across applications and services.
- Stay current with emerging AI/ML security threats, evaluating them for business applicability and integration.
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